Tony Nominee Domhnall Gleeson to Appear in Final Harry Potter Films

Broadway’s Domhnall Gleeson, a Tony Award nominee for 2006’s acclaimed Lieutenant of Inishmore, is expected to sign on for the final installment of the big screen’s blockbuster Harry Potter series, The Deathly Hallows. The film, based on the best-selling novels by J.K. Rowling, will be released in two parts, the first in 2010, followed by the final installation in 2011.

Gleeson would join his father, returning player Brendan Gleeson, who has appeared in the series since the 2005 release Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as popular character Professor Alastor “MadEye” Moody.

"I'd been very certain about not wanting to do the acting thing because of my father," the younger Gleeson told Broadway.com in 2006 about his pursuit of acting. "I thought I'd always have the father-son thing of 'He got you the part.'" Fortunately, the actor’s Tony Award nomination for his portrayal of Davey in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, written by playwright Martin McDonagh, a frequent collaborator of his father’s, solidified his stand-alone talent. The performer’s additional credits include the productions of Chimps Liverpool Playhouse and The Well of the Saints Druid Theater Company, as well as the films Six Shooter, Studs and A Dog Year.